Nader A. Khalidi MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACR

Dr. Nader Khalidi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and rheumatologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is currently the Program Director for Rheumatology Residency Program and is Head of Service for Rheumatology at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario. Dr. Khalidi has a strong interest in Vasculitis. He is a Co-Investigator and Steering Committee Member of the Vasculitis Clinic Research Consortium (VCRC) and recruits patients for its North American Database that includes the University of Toronto and many US sites such as Boston University, Cleveland Clinics, University of Pennsylvania and the Mayo Clinic. He is involved in numerous international research projects in Vasculitis as part of the VCRC. He runs a Vasculitis clinic at St. Joseph’s Healthcare.
He is currently also involved in local research to assess the role of MRI of temporal arteries versus temporal artery biopsy in Giant Cell Arteritis as well as many other clinical research projects. He has been involved with the Canadian Scleroderma Research Study Group (CSRG) along with its database and is actively recruiting patients for the national database since 2007. He has been involved in numerous local and national research projects in Scleroderma as part of the CSRG. He is an executive member of the Hamilton Scleroderma Group that strives for excellence in research and education in Scleroderma in Hamilton and its surrounding areas in particular.